The lawsuit, announced Tuesday by County Attorney Vince Ryan, centers on riverside waste disposal pits near the Interstate 10-San Jacinto River crossing opened in 1965 to contain dioxin, a toxic ...

Over two decades, the state’s fishing warning and ban areas grew by 2013 to swallow up the entire lower stretch of the San Jacinto River from the Lake Houston dam to where the river, which flows ...

High levels of cancer-causing dioxin found near the San Jacinto Waste Pits in the wake of Hurricane Harvey have Harris County officials concerned about the safety of seafood caught in the area. So ...

Cleanup of toxic pits in San Jacinto River begins While hazardous waste in the pit south of the I-10 is over 72% excavated, cleanup of the northern pit is still in limbo with no plan or start date.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Cleanup is finally about to get underway at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits. The EPA reached an agreement with two companies they say are "potentially responsible" for the ...

Danger signs at the San Jacinto River waste pits indicate that the water is contaminated. September 9, 2019. After previously sending a notice with plans to possibly take over the San Jacinto ...